Consuming Identity: The Role of Food in Redefining the South

by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre

Book Overview

Southerners love to talk food, quickly revealing likes and dislikes, regional preferences, and their own delicious stories. Because the topic often crosses lines of race, class, gender, and region, food supplies a common fuel to launch discussion. Consuming Identity sifts through the self-definitions, allegiances, and bonds made possible and strengthened through the theme of southern foodways. The book focuses on the role food plays in building...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496809181
• ISBN13: 9781496809186
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"